Collected Publications for Finance

Changes in the Number of Commercial Bank Branches in Rural Areas

An Explanation of the Changes in the Number of Commercial Banks and Branches Across the US

2024 Low Returns, Prices, and the Federal Safety Net

Increasing Pessimism About 2024 and 2025 Corn and Soybean Returns

Assessing the Capital Adequacy of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

US Federal Debt, Interest Outlays, and the Farm Safety Net

US Interest Rates and the Price of Capital

US Inflation and Labor

Assessing the Profitability of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

How the Composition of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending has Changed Since 2007

Maintaining Key Resources Amid Strategic Uncertainty

Operational Ratios for Evaluating the Farm Business

Discussing Key Resources and Risk Exposure in Your Farm Business Plan

Solvency Trends for Illinois Grain Farms: The Distribution of Debt-to-Asset Ratios by Gross Farm Returns

Solvency Trends for Illinois Grain Farms

International Benchmarks for Wheat Production

Key Resources Determining the Future of the Farm: Human Capital and Information Technology

Liquidity Trends for Illinois Farms: Comparing Farms by Gross Farm Returns from 2003-2022

Integrated Risk Management: Developing an Asset-Based Business Strategy

Understanding Increasing Debt Levels on Illinois Grain Farms

Liquidity Trends for Illinois Farms: A Regional Comparison of Current Ratios from 2003-2022

International Benchmarks for Soybean Production

Do Different Types of Farms Pay Different Interest Rates?

Farm Loan Interest Rates by Geographic Region

Trends in Working Capital and Financial Solvency

Farm Loan Interest Rate Trends by Major Lender Groups

US Farm Liquid Assets, Self-Insurance, and Financial Resiliency

The Contributions of Government Transfer Payments to Personal Income

The US Retirement Safety Net

International Benchmarks for Corn Production

Understanding Farmland REITs: An Updated Price Analysis

Working Capital Trends for Illinois Farms: A Regional Comparison from 2003-2022

The Financial Position of the Farm Economy Heading into a Higher Interest Rate Macroeconomic Condition

Financial Summary of Illinois Farms for 2022

Factors Impacting Succession Planning

Extreme Heat and Kansas Farm Income

Resilience to Strategic Risk

Contingency Planning with Cash Flow Shortages

Why is Managing Strategic Risk So Important in Production Agriculture?

Trends in General Inflation and Farm Input Prices

Inflation and Agricultural Interest Rates

Increasing Agricultural Debt and Impact on Illinois Grain Farms

Why Do I Need Working Capital?

A Non-Decreasing Interest Rate Environment and Agriculture

U.S. Farm Sector Capital Expenditures

Rising Interest Rates – What to Consider on Your Farm

Grain Farm Income Projections for 2022 and 2023

U.S. Farm Sector Financial Performance

Update on US Interest Rates and Inflation

U.S. Farm Sector Balance Sheet

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